Job Role : ASPICE Project Manager : 5 to 10 Years
Location : Chennai
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead end-to-end delivery of embedded automotive projects, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, and budget.
- Act as the primary point of contact for customers, maintaining strong communication for project planning, updates, and issue resolution.
- Drive cross-functional coordination between hardware, software, and testing teams throughout the SDLC.
- Apply Agile (Scrum) practices to manage project execution, ensuring sprint deliverables and team alignment.
- Ensure ASPICE compliance across all project phases; support assessments and audits.
- Proactively manage project risks, dependencies, and change requests, implementing timely mitigation plans.
- Develop and maintain project plans using tools like Microsoft Project, Gantter, or equivalent.
- Utilize JIRA, GitLab, and Confluence for tracking progress, issues, and documentation.
- Lead regular project reviews with internal stakeholders and customers.
- Support effort estimation, resource planning, and stakeholder communication during proposal and project planning phases.
- Organize and facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure product development targets are met on schedule and within resources.
- Develop and track project execution metrics, define priorities, and manage risks.
- Manage stakeholders with timely and objective communication and reporting.
- Lead multi-site, multi-discipline project teams to successful program completion.
Required Skills & Experience :
ASPICE Provisional Assessor certification or experience with ASPICE Level 2 / 3 projects.Hands-on experience managing embedded systems projects (ECUs, Infotainment, ADAS, etc.).Solid understanding of Automotive SPICE standards and assessment models.Proven track record in Agile methodologies (Scrum).Strong knowledge of SDLC, particularly in embedded software and hardware integration.Excellent verbal and written communication skills for internal and external stakeholders.Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, Microsoft Project, Gantter.Strong leadership, team management, and cross-functional coordination skills.Exposure to functional safety standards (ISO 26262) is a plus.Experience with AUTOSAR-based development is an added advantage.(ref : hirist.tech)